Carmel's L'Auberge gets a cosmetic make-over

5:14 PM,
Nov. 29, 2012

The entrance to the historic L'Auberge built in 1929.

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Elaine Hesser
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Carmel's historic L'Auberge hotel has been around since 1929, when it began life as the "Sun Dial Court and Bungalows." According to David Fink, CEO of Mirabel Hotel and Restaurant Group - which owns L'Auberge - it was built by former Carmel Mayor Allen Knight. "He was on a bike trip in Prague when he fell in love with a building there," said Fink. Knight asked the owners for the blueprints, made drawings, brought them back to Carmel, and with the help of architect Albert Farr, had the hotel built on a property where his aunts had a home. According to Fink, the aunts' home was moved on a morning that ...